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Telus touts 'all Canadian' merger with Bell (pg. 2)
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| Porky |
kind of scary really. with the money they could save from such a merger (economies of scale), BELL-US would be able to squeeze out the smaller midsize telecommunications companies. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Porky
i've had a telus phone for almost 4 years. i've never had a single problem with reception or service or my phone. |
so did i, but their phone's are garbage and you can't do anything about it
you pretty much have to pick 1 out of their 10 ty phones that they offer |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
so did i, but their phone's are garbage and you can't do anything about it
you pretty much have to pick 1 out of their 10 ty phones that they offer |
same w/ bell...the only decent carriers that allow good phones is Rogers/Fido...
Still haven't switched over yet :( |
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| malek |
and I was expecting Videotron to enter the market and force the other three to lower prices...
Now that Bell-us will be so big that it would be able to pay ANY price to buy the last remaining GSM spectrum :( |
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| jchung52 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Porky
i've had a telus phone for almost 4 years. i've never had a single problem with reception or service or my phone. |
no problems here either. just resigned a contract. never had any issues with billing, reception, etc. im satisfied. merging with bell should make things better |
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| monishb |
| quote: | Originally posted by Porky
monish is this healthy?
i wonder how a uber-monopoly with less choices for the customers would benefit the population? |
i would presume not , but right now as per as the internal email i got they are just in talks with BCE at this moment. There will be less competition. Also ottawa will have to give the okay before anything finalises. |
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| monishb |
In terms of rates and plans increases, i am sure it wont change much but we will have to wait and see even if the giants merge. Less competion bad for the market. But yet good for investors.
Personally i have loved their service. Also having a Fido and Rogers phone in the past their customer service was horrible and likewise their serive of fastbusy signals whenever i wanted to call out,bad reception and the reps not understanding simple english.
P.S- Telus is coming with CDMA/GSM handset the first one is due in July the Blackberry 8830 also 5x fater than rogers EDGE with new EV-DO Rev Awww.telusmobility.com/8830 |
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| monishb |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
same w/ bell...the only decent carriers that allow good phones is Rogers/Fido...
Still haven't switched over yet :( |
Yet with the highest Cancellation/Churn rates in the country @ 8% almost as compared to Bell at 2-3 % and Telus at 1%. |
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| zokissima |
| quote: | Originally posted by jchung52
no problems here either. just resigned a contract. never had any issues with billing, reception, etc. im satisfied. merging with bell should make things better |
Bell ain't all that great, so I don't know if it will make anything better for the Telus customers out there.. |
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| monishb |
| quote: | Originally posted by zokissima
Bell ain't all that great, so I don't know if it will make anything better for the Telus customers out there.. |
I agree will have to wait and see what the outcome will be first . I am hoping for something good for the consumer me being one. |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by monishb
In terms of rates and plans increases, i am sure it wont change much but we will have to wait and see even if the giants merge. |
This is exactly the problem. There needs to be downward pressure on prices. Things are way too expensive right now. |
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| ShadoWolf |
| We don't need an "all Canadian" merger; what we need is more foreign competition. Let Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and T-Mobile compete with Bell, Rogers, and Telus. That's the only way to improve service and prices in Canada. |
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